2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres

Men's 100 metres
at the 2003 World Championships

Venue

Stade de France

Dates

24 August (heats and quarter-finals)
25 August (semi-finals and final)

Competitors

Winning time

10.07

Medalists

	Kim Collins	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Darrel Brown	Trinidad and Tobago
	Darren Campbell	Great Britain

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Events at the 2003 World Championships

Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

These are the official results of the men's 100 metres event at the 2003 IAAF World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 79 participating athletes, with ten qualifying heats, four quarter-finals, two semi-finals and the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

At 18 years, 318 days old, silver medallist Darrel Brown became the youngest ever world medallist for the men's 100 m.

The winning margin was 0.01 seconds which as of 2024 remains the joint-narrowest winning margin in the men's 100 metres at these championships. The other occurrence was in 2015.

Final

RANK	FINAL	TIME
	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.07
	Darrel Brown (TRI)	10.08
	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.08
4.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.13
5.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.21
6.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.22
—	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	(10.08) DQ
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	(10.11) DQ

Semi-final

Held on Monday 2003-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.11
2.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.15
3.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.16
4.	Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN)	10.27
5.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.39
6.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.42
7.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.44
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	(10.14) DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Darrel Brown (TRI)	10.11
2.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.12
3.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.14
4.	Dwight Thomas (JAM)	10.19
5.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.22
6.	Ronald Pognon (FRA)	10.25
7.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.37
8.	Sherwin Vries (RSA)	10.41
—	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	(10.06) DQ

Quarter-finals

Held on Sunday 2003-08-24

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.12
2.	Sherwin Vries (RSA)	10.18
3.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.23
4.	Issa-Aimé Nthépé (FRA)	10.25
5.	Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.25
6.	Matthew Shirvington (AUS)	10.28
7.	Gábor Dobos (HUN)	10.34
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.09
2.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.13
3.	Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN)	10.16
4.	Ronald Pognon (FRA)	10.23
4.	Dwight Thomas (JAM)	10.23
6.	Patrick Johnson (AUS)	10.27
—	Jon Drummond (USA)	DQ
—	Asafa Powell (JAM)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Darrel Brown (TRI)	10.01
2.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.14
3.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.15
4.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.18
5.	Georgios Theodoridis (GRE)	10.25
6.	Michael Frater (JAM)	10.25
7.	Matic Osovnikar (SLO)	10.35
8.	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.42

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.02
2.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.04
3.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.04
4.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.14
5.	Édson Luciano Ribeiro (BRA)	10.28
6.	Chen Haijian (CHN)	10.32
7.	Roland Németh (HUN)	10.40
—	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	(10.03) DQ

Heats

Held on Sunday 2003-08-25

RANK	HEAT 1	TIME
1.	Obadele Thompson (BAR)	10.15
2.	Georgios Theodoridis (GRE)	10.17
3.	Mark Lewis-Francis (GBR)	10.17
4.	Jarbas Mascarenhas (BRA)	10.36
5.	Darren Gilford (MLT)	10.60
6.	Abubaker El Tawerghi (LBA)	10.96
7.	Hadhari Djaffar (COM)	11.05
—	Roman Cress (MHL)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 2	TIME
1.	Bernard Williams (USA)	10.19
2.	Sherwin Vries (RSA)	10.20
3.	Gábor Dobos (HUN)	10.22
4.	Nobuharu Asahara (JPN)	10.23
5.	Souhalia Alamou (BEN)	10.46
6.	Khalil Al-Hanahneh (JOR)	10.81
7.	Patrick Mocci Raoumbé (GAB)	11.03
—	Vahagn Javakhyan (ARM)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 3	TIME
1.	Patrick Johnson (AUS)	10.29
2.	Michael Frater (JAM)	10.32
3.	Gennadiy Chernovol (KAZ)	10.33
4.	Alexander Kosenkow (GER)	10.36
5.	Idrissa Sanou (BUR)	10.42
—	Machave Maseko (SWZ)	DQ
—	Mohamad Tamim (LIB)	DQ

RANK	HEAT 4	TIME
1.	Darren Campbell (GBR)	10.18
2.	Nicolas Macrozonaris (CAN)	10.23
3.	Chen Haijian (CHN)	10.31
4.	Kostyantyn Rurak (UKR)	10.46
5.	Markus Pöyhönen (FIN)	10.63
6.	Gian Nicola Berardi (SMR)	10.84
7.	Reginaldo Micha Ndong (GEQ)	11.47
8.	Devi Bahadur Basnet (NEP)	11.47

RANK	HEAT 5	TIME
1.	Darrel Brown (TRI)	10.10
2.	Édson Luciano Ribeiro (BRA)	10.20
3.	Suryo Agung Wibowo (INA)	10.64
4.	Sayon Cooper (LBR)	10.67
5.	JJ Capelle (NRU)	11.49
6.	Kaewanteiti Mwatiera (KIR)	11.86
—	Tim Montgomery (USA)	(10.01) DQ
—	Jamal Abd. Al-Saffar (KSA)	DNS

RANK	HEAT 6	TIME
1.	Jon Drummond (USA)	10.22
2.	Issa-Aimé Nthépé (FRA)	10.30
3.	Matic Osovnikar (SLO)	10.31
4.	Aziz Zakari (GHA)	10.48
5.	Chiang Wai Hung (HKG)	10.70
6.	Arben Makaj (ALB)	10.87
7.	Djikoloum Mobele (CHA)	11.38
8.	Assad Ahmadi (AFG)	11.99

RANK	HEAT 7	TIME
1.	Matthew Shirvington (AUS)	10.30
2.	Roland Németh (HUN)	10.37
3.	Prodromos Katsantonis (CYP)	10.46
4.	Salem Mubarak Al-Yami (KSA)	10.51
5.	Serge Bengono (CMR)	10.56
6.	John Howard (FSM)	11.08
7.	Nay Aung (MYA)	11.37
—	Dwain Chambers (GBR)	(10.33) DQ

RANK	HEAT 8	TIME
1.	Eric Nkansah (GHA)	10.18
2.	Maurice Greene (USA)	10.18
3.	Uchenna Emedolu (NGR)	10.22
4.	Marc Burns (TRI)	10.28
5.	Churandy Martina (AHO)	10.35
6.	Xuan Tran Van (VIE)	10.78
7.	Mohd Yusof Alias (SIN)	11.02
8.	Mohammad Shamsuddin (BAN)	11.18

RANK	HEAT 9	TIME
1.	Asafa Powell (JAM)	10.05
2.	Kim Collins (SKN)	10.09
3.	Leonard Myles-Mills (GHA)	10.25
4.	Anson Henry (CAN)	10.33
5.	Eric Pacome N'Dri (CIV)	10.38
6.	Aaron Egbele (NGR)	10.43
7.	Andre Blackman (GUY)	10.86
8.	Zoran Josifovski (MKD)	11.63

RANK	HEAT 10	TIME
1.	Deji Aliu (NGR)	10.19
2.	Dwight Thomas (JAM)	10.22
3.	Ato Boldon (TRI)	10.23
4.	Ronald Pognon (FRA)	10.26
5.	Roger Angouono-Moke (CGO)	10.50
6.	Sébastien Gattuso (MON)	10.94
7.	Jason Molisingi (VAN)	11.20
8.	Somphavanh Somchanmavong (LAO)	11.43

References

General

Full 100 metres results. IAAF. Retrieved on 2009-10-02.

Specific

Men 100m Heats. IAAF (2003-08-24). Retrieved on 2009-10-02. Archived 2009-10-04.
Men 100m Quarter-finals. IAAF (2003-08-24). Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
Event Report Men 100m Semi-finals. IAAF (2003-08-25). Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
Event Report Men 100m Final. IAAF (2003-08-25). Retrieved on 2009-10-02.
"World Championship Statistics Handbook" (Press release). IAAF. Retrieved 2017-08-03.

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v t e World champions in men's 100 metres
1983: Carl Lewis (USA) 1987: Carl Lewis (USA) 1991: Carl Lewis (USA) 1993: Linford Christie (GBR) 1995: Donovan Bailey (CAN) 1997: Maurice Greene (USA) 1999: Maurice Greene (USA) 2001: Maurice Greene (USA) 2003: Kim Collins (SKN) 2005: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2007: Tyson Gay (USA) 2009: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2011: Yohan Blake (JAM) 2013: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2015: Usain Bolt (JAM) 2017: Justin Gatlin (USA) 2019: Christian Coleman (USA) 2022: Fred Kerley (USA) 2023: Noah Lyles (USA)

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